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How Would You Like to Make $6 Million Sitting on Your Couch?

Recessions can be a great time to start your own business. Thanks to the Web and a variety of other resources, it's cheaper and easier than ever to start one...  Read more

Our Irrational Fear of Numbers

No, you didn't start a company because you wanted to learn accounting. But you had better learn some – pronto – if you want to really understand your bus...  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Conservative Café Wants to Take Coffee Back from Liberals

Can it raise $1 million to start franchising?  Read more

It's Just Me: Do I REALLY Need a Marketing Plan?

Marla Tabaka is a life and business coach who helps entrepreneurs in achieving their business and life goals faster and smarter. She serves as a Success Coac...  Read more

Corporate VCs Facing Internal Hurdles

Despite plenty of startups to invest in, gaining parent company approval isn't always easy, fund managers say.  Read more

Legacy: Ed Justice Sr., 1921-2008

Cars, cars, and more cars.  Read more

A Start-up Plans to Make Mines Safer

Can this workplace-safety company raise $1 million in seed capital?  Read more

CEO Survey: A Fine Mess

Inc. 500 CEOs name their biggest mistake in business.  Read more

CEO Survey: Going Long

Nineteen percent of CEOs say they take more risks now than they did when starting out; 30 percent take fewer risks. Below, they explain their approaches to b...  Read more

CEO Survey: Necessary Evils

We asked, Which line item in your budget would you most like to cut?  Read more

Ask Inc.: Selling to the Government

How to break into the government's supply chain.  Read more

Six Ways to Track Your Competitors Online

Who needs industrial espionage these days? Keeping tabs on your main competitors has never been so easy. You can use the Web in a variety of ways to make sur...  Read more

Legacy: André Galerne, 1926-2008

An adventurer's approach to life and work.  Read more

Luck is for Losers

A gambler who loathes risk, Bill Kaplan ran his famed MIT Blackjack Team like a business and left the table with more than $10 million in winnings. Can the l...  Read more

Gold Medal Millionaires

For many past and present Olympic athletes, running a business can be just as challenging -- and rewarding -- as competing in the world's biggest sporting ev...  Read more

How I Did It: Phil Hanes

The long and happy career of a southern rag tycoon.  Read more

Legacy Gary Gygax, 1938-2008

The wizard behind Dungeons & Dragons  Read more

My Place: Sandy Chilewich's Showcase in the Sky, New York City

Finally Sandy Chilewich has the perfect showcase for her contemporary home goods.  Read more

Blogging for Entrepreneurs

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read more

Advice on Hiring for Start-ups

Jason Goldberg, the founder of Jobster, which operates a popular online job forum, handed off day-to-day operations in January. He recently wrote about his e...  Read more

Turn Me Into a CEO

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Getting Going

Five steps to opening an office in China.  Read more

Legacy: Frank Piasecki, 1919-2008

His aviation and business breakthrough: the Flying Banana.  Read more

Norm Brodsky, Recession All-Star

Inc. columnist Norm Brodsky just sold three businesses. Two of them were started just as the economy slipped into recession, in 1990 and 2000. ...  Read more

PAYjr Gets Kids and Teens to Pay With Plastic

Can it raise $7.5 million?  Read more

Starting Up in a Down Economy

Nobody loves a recession*. But many successful entrepreneurs say that, in retrospect, they were lucky to have launched their businesses in tough times.  Read more

A Buyer's Guide To Events

Looking for a little ROI among the RSVPs? Here's what sponsors pay (and the benefits they receive) at events of all sizes.  Read more

The Three Toughest Questions

Be honest with yourself about your new business to see how it measures up.  Read more

How Fast Can This Thing Go, Anyway?

Zipcar was a classic founder-run company--long on passion, short on cash. Until a new CEO came aboard, gave the business a seven-step tune-up, and put the pe...  Read more

Legacy: Ken Hendricks, 1941-2007

A common man who achieved uncommon things.  Read more

Constant Contact Hosts Small Business Seminars

Offered in Georgia, the seminars address building customer relationships using online tools.  Read more

Google Launches Apps Team Edition

The move allows employees to collaborate using Google Apps.  Read more

IBM Introduces Enhanced Business Strategy Solution

An array of products and services aims at helping businesses manage data.  Read more